Furious World Leaders Blast Trump and Declare Him Enemy

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Episode Title: Furious World Leaders Blast Trump and Declare Him Enemy
Date: December 24, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas

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Overview

In this explosive episode, the MeidasTouch brothers dissect a historic and escalating global crisis: senior European leaders have officially declared the United States, under the Trump regime, an “enemy” and “systemic adversary” due to its threats to invade Greenland and unprecedented moves to sanction European officials. The brothers analyze world leaders’ furious response, the Trump administration’s alignment with Russia over Europe, and why these dramatic moves are happening now. With their signature blend of insight and brotherly banter, the Meiselases break down how America’s global alliances are being upended before our eyes—and what it means for democracy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Europe Declares the US an Adversary

• European Outrage (00:28):

  • French General Nicholas Richieux labels the US under Trump a “systemic adversary.”
  • European measures include threats to ban American entry and reciprocal sanctions.
  • Europe warns of possible war should the US invade Greenland.
  • The State Department, in turn, bans European leaders from entering the US.

• Escalating Military Rhetoric:

  • France, Poland, Belgium, and Ursula von der Leyen (EU Commission President) express full solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
  • French President Macron, speaking from Greenland’s capital Nuuk, affirms “France’s unwavering support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Denmark and Greenland.” (03:36)
  • Comparison is made to Russian aggression in Ukraine, with Trump’s threats likened to Putin’s actions.

• Quotable Moment:

  • “Europe is prepared to go to war against the United States and Donald Trump. This is what it has come to.” – [C], 01:19

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2. Why Greenland—And Why Now?

• Timing & Motivation:
  • The hosts speculate that Trump’s renewed obsession with Greenland is, in part, a distraction amidst controversy over the Epstein files and ongoing attempts to cover them up (04:20).
  • They suggest deeper motives linked to global strategic positioning and possible U.S.–Russian deals.

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3. US–Russia Meetings & The Multipolar World Plot

• Secret Miami Talks:

  • Trump aides and Russian envoys (including Dmitriev and Ushakov) met in Miami to discuss the fate of Ukraine and possible territorial bargains (05:20).
  • The theory: Russia gets Ukraine and parts of Europe; China expands in Asia; the US claims Greenland, Canada, and Latin America.
  • “Let us take Ukraine, you go after Greenland, and let Xi Jinping take over Asia. That’s what this all is—the multipolar world.” – [C], 06:20

• Jeff Landry Appointed ‘Special Envoy to Greenland’:

  • Trump bizarrely taps Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to spearhead US interests in Greenland.
  • Landry makes historically inaccurate remarks about Greenland “belonging” to the US due to the Louisiana Purchase.
  • Quote: “Greenland actually belongs to the United States.” – Jeff Landry, paraphrased by [C], 07:17

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4. Interviews & Soundbites from Key Players

Jeff Landry on US–Greenland Relations

• Landry’s Take (08:13):

  • Landry spins the US–Greenland partnership as an opportunity for economic and security collaboration.
  • Makes light remarks about Louisianans wanting to vacation in cooler Greenland.
  • Quote: “Everywhere I go in Louisiana now, the question I’m asked is, ‘Can you take me to Greenland with you?’” – Jeff Landry, 08:18

• Arguments to Denmark (10:47):

  • Landry claims only to seek a conversation with Greenlanders about their “opportunities” and “protection”—not conquest.
  • He frames the US as a “welcoming party” bringing “liberty, economic strength, and protection” (10:47–11:36).

Greenland Responds

• Greenland’s Foreign Minister Lars Rasmussen (11:56):
  • Expresses surprise at the US appointing a “special envoy” apparently tasked with taking over Greenland.
  • Frustration with the US bypassing Denmark and protocol.
  • Quote: “Out of nowhere, there’s now a special US presidential representative who, according to himself, is tasked with taking over Greenland.” – Lars Rasmussen, 12:07

Trump’s Justification

• Trump’s Statement (12:29):
  • Asserts Greenland is needed for “national security,” dismissing economic motives.
  • Claims the US “has to have it” due to Russian and Chinese presence off the coast.
  • Quote: “We need Greenland for national security … if you take a look at Greenland, you look up and down the coast, you have Russian and Chinese ships all over the place.” – Donald Trump, 12:39

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5. Sanctions: US Shuns Europe, Embraces Russia

• Trump Removes Russian Sanctions, Hits European Leaders (13:05):

  • Trump quietly removes sanctions on Russian and Belarusian entities while issuing new sanctions on prominent European officials like Anna Lena Von Holdenberg and Thierry Breton.
  • The State Department claims these are retaliation for Europe’s push to moderate hate speech on social media (15:08).
  • Quote: “We stand ready and willing to expand this list if others do not reverse course.” – Secretary Rubio, paraphrased by [C], 14:24

• Contrast Highlighted:

  • Russians freely enter the US for talks while European officials are barred—a dramatic reversal of Cold War postures.

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6. US Intelligence Shift: Tulsi Gabbard’s Remarks

• Gabbard on EU and NATO (16:47):
  • Now serving as Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard claims the EU and NATO are pushing for World War III and blames them for prolonging war in Ukraine.
  • Advocates for giving Donbas to Russia, aligning more closely with the Kremlin’s narrative.
  • Quote: “They foment fear and hysteria as a way to justify the continuing of the war... which is ultimately what the EU and NATO want.” – Tulsi Gabbard, 17:08

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Notable Quotes

• “Europe is prepared to go to war against the United States and Donald Trump. This is what it has come to.”
  — [C], 01:19

• “I reaffirm France’s unwavering support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Denmark and Greenland. Greenland belongs to its people. Denmark stands as its guarantor.”
  — Emmanuel Macron, paraphrased by [C], 03:36

• “Let us take Ukraine, you go after Greenland, and let Xi Jinping take over Asia. That’s what this all is—the multipolar world.”
  — [C], 06:20

• “[Trump says] Greenland actually belongs to the United States.”
  — Jeff Landry, via [C], 07:17

• “Out of nowhere, there’s now a special US presidential representative who, according to himself, is tasked with taking over Greenland.”
  — Lars Rasmussen, 12:07

• “We need Greenland for national security ... you have Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We have to have it.”
  — Donald Trump, 12:39

• “We stand ready and willing to expand this [sanctions] list if others do not reverse course.”
  — Secretary Rubio, 14:24

• “They foment fear and hysteria as a way to justify the continuing of the war ... which is ultimately what the EU and NATO want.”
  — Tulsi Gabbard, 17:08

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• European Leaders’ Fury & War Threats: 00:28–03:40
• The Trump–Russia–Greenland Connection: 05:20–07:40
• Jeff Landry’s Greenland Banter & Policy: 07:50–11:36
• Greenland and Danish Rebuttal: 11:56–12:16
• Trump Explains Greenland Ambition: 12:29–13:05
• US Sanctions Switch (Europe vs. Russia): 13:05–15:08
• Tulsi Gabbard’s Pro-Russia Narrative: 17:08–17:41

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Memorable Moments

• The brothers’ incredulity at Landry’s historical revisionism and Trump’s “national security” justification for Greenland.
• Multiple world leaders, including Macron and Ursula von der Leyen, publicly drawing red lines and threatening response.
• The contrast of US hospitality to Russian envoys while barring European officials.
• The appointment of Tulsi Gabbard as DNI and her sharp divergence from traditional US intelligence positions.

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Conclusion

With the US–Europe relationship in crisis, a bizarre campaign to seize Greenland, and American leadership cozying up to Russia, the Meidas brothers warn democracy is on the line—not just at home, but globally. The episode spotlights an unprecedented moment: threats of direct conflict between traditional allies, world leaders speaking in blunt language unseen in decades, and the Trump regime’s unpredictable collision with global order. The brothers urge vigilance and continued attention to these seismic shifts.

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Transcript

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Liberty Mutual Insurance company and affiliates excludes Massachusetts. Furious European leaders are now declaring the United States under the Trump regime to officially be an enemy, to officially be an adversary, to be a quote, systemic adversary. That's the language being used by a French general, Nicholas Richieux. He says the USA are now a systemic adversary and similar measures banning entry in into European areas are essential against the United States. This as the United States State Department has sanctioned European leaders banning them from entering the United States. Europe is also saying that if the United States dares to invade Greenland, as the United States is threatening to do, Europe is prepared to go to war against the United States and Donald Trump. This is what it has come to. Europe, our former top allies are now having to speak firmly that they are ready for war against the Trump regime and that they are prepared for reciprocal sanctions against Donald Trump and the United States. And by the way, this comes as the United States has been meeting with top Russian officials in Miami to again try to figure out how to force a surrender upon Ukraine. So while the US is meeting with Russia in Miami to plot not conquest of Ukraine and conquest of Greenland, you have Europe saying enough is enough of this crap. Europe and world leaders are absolutely furious. You have one of the deputy prime ministers and the foreign minister of Poland expressing how Poland supports the territorial integrity of the allied kingdom of Denmark. And in spite of political division, we need to stand and defend international law and the principles of the inviolability of borders. This sentiment was echoed by French President Emmanuel Macron who also stated in Nuke, which is the capital of Greenland, I reaffirmed France's unwavering support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Denmark and Greenland. Greenland belongs to its people. Denmark stands as its guarantor. I join my voice to that of Europeans in expressing our full solidarity. This is Europe warning Donald Trump that it will go to war against the United States if the Trump regime dare invades Greenland. Like, do we understand what's taking place before our eyes? You have. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Union Commission, says the following. Arctic security remains a key priority to the European Union and one in which we seek to work with allies and Partners, territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. These principles are essential not only for the European Union, but for nations around the world. Stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland. This after again, Donald Trump is threatening to invade Greenland. And you have Europe, the European Union, saying, don't you dare do that. We've got the back of Greenland and Denmark. We will go to war with you if you do that. Like, do y' all see the stakes that are being raised here? And I want to talk about an important point that's not getting enough attention, which is why, specifically the timing of Trump saying this about Greenland and Denmark. Why is this resurfacing again? Yes, it is a distraction from the Epstein files and Trump's cover up, but there's something else I want to talk about in a moment as well that no one's covering. Just a reminder, hit subscribe. We're on our way to 6 million subscribers. As you know, the Trump regime is attacking the Midas Touch network right now. Their DOJ was attacking our fearless reporting on Trump's cover up of the Epstein files. So please, if you can hit subscribe, double check that you're actually subscribed, then you have another leader, Foreign relations in the European Union. And from Belgium, Maxim Provot says Belgium expresses its full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland, be it in Ukraine, DRC or Greenland. Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law enshrined in the UN Charter that must be respected by all. So here he's also comparing what Trump is threatening to do to Greenland and Denmark with what Putin did to Ukraine. He's basically comparing Donald Trump to Putin. Which brings me to this important point that's not getting enough coverage. So over the weekend, there were additional meetings held between the Russian delegation, the Russian special envoys, Dmitriev, and all of these Russian oligarchs, Yuri Ushakov, Kirill Dmitriev. And so here there was an announcement by Dimitri Peskov, who's like the main PR guy for Putin, who says there's no breakthrough in Miami talks. The Kremlin says Kremlin spokesperson Dimitri Peskov said that the talks between Russia and the United States and Miami should not be viewed as any breakthroughs. According to him, Russia's main priority now is to obtain details of US Talks with Europe because Russia wants to invade Europe after it takes over Ukraine. And all Russia is trying to do is figure out how it could take over Don in Eastern Ukraine, which it can't conquer militarily. So Trump's People, while Trump's been in Palm Beach, Trump's been golfing, right, for the past four days. And so Trump's in Palm Beach, Florida. Um, and this. These talks between Trump's delegation and the Russians were taking place in Miami. So clearly, what was going down as well is the Russians were putting in Donald Trump's ear and the ears of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and others. You know, let us take Ukraine, you go after Greenland, and let Xi Jinping take over Asia. That's what this all is, the multipolar world. Russia gets Europe, China gets Asia, and you, the United States, get Greenland and Canada and Mexico and Central America and South America. That's what was going down as the special envoys for Russia were there. Trump's like, oh, I need a special envoy in Greenland. So then Trump appoints Jeff Landry, the governor of fricking Louisiana. Why the governor of Louisiana. And Jeff Landry goes on TV yesterday, and he explains what he thinks his role is, and he's like, you know, in the Louisiana Purchase, Louisiana chose us. They chose the United States of America. And that's why I'm the governor of Louisiana. Therefore, if you look at it, if you think about it, and you go back in time, he goes, greenland actually belongs to the United States. And that's what Trump said at a press conference earlier in the week. At some point in time, the land probably belonged to the United States. Greenland has been part of the Kingdom of Denmark for, like, centuries.

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Like, what are.

[C]

What are you talking about? So let me just show you what Jeff Landry had to say. So Jeff Landry was on state regime media here, and here's what he said. Play this clip.

[D]

Obviously, you're now appointed a special envoy. With comments like that, President Trump is certainly, certainly made it very clear that he has a great interest in Greenland. What is going to happen next? Will you travel there? Will negotiations begin? Because I did see the Danish Prime Minister saying that he does not want to get on board with this.

[B]

Well, the one thing I can tell you is everyone in Louisiana now wants to go to Greenland for summer. It gets real hot in Louisiana. And everywhere I go in Louisiana now, the question I'm asked is, can you take me to Greenland with you? Governor, when do you go? Please let me know. I want to go.

[D]

Is.

[B]

And you know what's amazing is, over a year ago, no one was talking about Greenland, okay? The whole time, Russian subs would circle Greenland. The whole time, the Chinese would pluck rare earths out of the Western Hemisphere. Then all Of a sudden we have the election of President Donald Trump. He comes in and says, you know what, The Monroe Doctrine is a real thing. We need to protect America's interests in those countries and territories in the Western Hemisphere. And again, Europe, just ignoring Greenland at the time. I mean, you don't have first class status@ the UAE. This is an opportunity for Greenland to be invited to an economic table with the United States, the strongest, most advanced economy in the world. And we care, we care about them. With the fastest security route to give them the security and the protection. It's about an hour away from the United States where three to four hours from the European continent. I think there's a great opportunity here.

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And here's another clip right here of Jeff Landry. Let me play it for you right here.

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I guess my, my main question to you is what argument will you make to the Danes who seem to be totally opposed to letting the US Come into a territory that they've had autonomous control of going back hundreds of years? What, what was the case that you'll make to them?

[B]

Well, I think our discussion should be with the actual people in Greenland, the Greenlanders. What are they looking for? What opportunities have they not gotten? Why haven't they gotten the protection that they actually deserve? Look, look, the United States has always been a welcoming party. We don't go in there trying to conquer anybody, trying to, you know, take over anybody's country. We say, listen, we represent liberty, we represent economic strength, we represent protection. Look, no one knows that better than Louisiana. My family has been in Louisiana for over 300 years. We've lived under more flags than anyone living in the continental United States over the history of America. We ended up settling under the United States of America's flag. And for that, Louisiana has been so much better. The country has been so much better. But again, that's a discussion for us to have with the Greenlanders.

[C]

Well, and here is what the Foreign minister, Lars Rasmussen of Greenland, said about Trump now appointing an envoy whose professed goal is to take over Greenland. Here, play this clip.

[D]

We thought that we now had a US Ambassador in Denmark with whom he would have a relationship throughout the kingdom. I think that we have already developed a good working relationship. And it is also my impression that the ambassador has that opinion. Out of nowhere. There's Now a special U.S. presidential representative who, according to himself, is tasked with taking over Greenland.

[C]

And again, you have Donald Trump saying as much. Donald Trump says that he wants to take it over, that Greenland belongs to the United States. We need it for national security. Donald Trump says, let's play this clip.

[F]

But he. He felt very strongly we needed financial. We need Greenland for national security, not for minerals. We had. So we have so many sites for minerals and oil and everything. We have more oil than any other country in the world. We need Greenland for national security. And if you take a look at Greenland, you look up and down the coast, you have Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. Place. We need it for national security. We have to have it. And he wanted to lead the charge, so we're making him, Marco, today, a special envoy to Greenland. Greenland's a big deal. Yeah.

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Now all of that's taking place, you have the United States sanctioning European leaders while removing sanctions from Russia. So the Trump regime has been quietly removing sanctions from Russian companies, Belarusian companies. Um, and rather than, remember we were talking about, is there going to be secondary sanctions against Russia? Right. Donald Trump's like, well, if Russia doesn't agree to appease, this was what, three months ago, four months ago? This is like secondary sanctions against Russia. And remember, Lindsey Graham's like, yeah, we're going to call Russia a terrorist state and we're going to sanction them. So not only is the United States not doing secondary sanctions against Russia, Trump's been removing most of the sanctions against Russia, and now the United States is sanctioning European leaders. So announcement that just took place yesterday is the following. And this is how I think it's a good way to describe it. The US has just sanctioned the leading German voice against hate speech, Anna Lena Von Holdenberg, and the Former French EU Commissioner Thierry Breton theory baton. And so you have Secretary Rubio. Secretary of State says, for far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose. The Trump administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts against extraterritorial censorship. Today, the State Department will take steps to bar leading figures of the global censorship industrial complex from entering the United States. We stand ready and willing to expand this list if others do not reverse course. I just want you to be clear what's happening, right? You have the United States meeting in Miami with the Russians. They're allowed in, right? You have Dmitriev and Ushakov and all the top Russians. They're allowed in, but the Europeans are now being banned and they're being sanctioned.

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Why?

[C]

Because Europe has its Digital Services act, which says that if social media platforms with like, 45 million subscribers or more engage in consumer. Consumer attacks, misleading consumer behavior, allow hate speech to proliferate. Proliferate, that they're saying, you know, that these. That there needs to be some moderation taking place on social media. So now you have the sec, Under Secretary of State, we've sanctioned the Ellie Breton, we've sanctioned Anna Lena Von Holdenberg. They're going after Europe and they're promoting Russia. Like the. The intent here should be pretty clear what this United States regime is doing. And then, yeah, as Mark Thiessen says, this is insane right here. You then had a few days ago, Tulsi Gabbard, who's the Director of National Intelligence, who's basically, in my opinion, compromised by Russia saying that EU, she's the DNI, she's the head of intelligence in the U.S. and she's saying that. She's saying that NATO and EU are trying to basically create World War Three, and they're the reason why there's not peace in Ukraine. Just give Donbas to Russia. Ukraine wants a ceasefire. They've always been agreeable. Russia is saying that it needs to continue its special operation and take over its historical territorial lands and that it needs to conquer. It needs to conquer all of Eastern Ukraine, and then it's good and it's going to go and then attack all of Europe. So the United States, you see what's happening here, that you have the US threatening war with Europe. You have Europe going back and saying, you do that, we'll go to war with you. No one's calling out what's taking place. But anyway, let me play this clip of Tulsi Gabbard. Let's play it.

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They foment fear and hysteria as a way to justify the continuing of the war and their efforts to undermine President Trump's efforts towards peace, and do so specifically in this case, in order to try to pull the US Military into a direct conflict with Russia, which is ultimately what the EU and NATO want. We cannot allow this to happen. We have to see clearly what's happening before our very eyes and stand united in this cause of peace.

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